The EPA 'Spy' and Double Standards

Gina McCarthy gets a pass, while Mark Townsend gets a threat.

Feb. 21, 2014 6:56 p.m. ET

The official story about the Environmental Protection Agency fraudster who pretended to work for the CIA has collapsed. It turns out that EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy not only didn't uncover John Beale's crimes. She helped him collect extra taxpayer money and appears to have ignored critical evidence of his fraud more than two years before he left the agency. Meanwhile, in another EPA case, the government has threatened an employee with prison time for alleged management errors that appear far less serious than those of Ms....